Thomas Jane's Hung, a sitcom about a high-school teacher moonlighting as a male prostitute, is the network's highest-profile axing due to its decent audience figures of around 4 million viewers and run of three years.

The Jonathan Ames-penned Bored to Death, starring Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis, has also been decommissioned after three seasons.